Platform Comparison Between Games Console,Mobile Games and PC

SISFORMA

JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Platform Comparison Between Games Console,Mobile Games And PC Games Geraldus Galehantomo P.S Faculty of Computer Science Program System Information&GameTechnology,Soegijapranata Catholik University,Semarang,Central Java,Indonesia [email protected]

Abstract—In terms of platforms and game the market. Computer became popular console, there are diffrences between, mobile because games can be played in the PC. games and pc gamesin the way it is used, the Despite its popularity, only in the beginning operator, the main event play, the game design of 80s era, PC game really started to expand and even the way the game work.We know that vastly. all the games on console platforms, PC and In the 1980s people preferred PC than mobile, have their own characteristic which have advantages and drawbacks console game.The reason was due to the fact All platforms compete to win the rating for that computer was very functional as atool tp the sake of their platform continuity.For play game and as a productive workstation. rating,all games platforms develop games that As a result, PC game consoles became are more qualified. Those games will determine rampantly popular in the middle of Nintendo the quality of the platforms,so that the game games NES’s popularity. There were many developers of each platform developtheir games PC games which have simpler display maximally to compete. compared to nowaday’s PC. Keywords—Game Console,PC Games, Mobile In the 1990s, PC games developed. The Games, Platform, Product Rating Game presence of PC games was parallel to other popular game consoles. Various PC games I. INTRODUCTION with various quality were realeased every Video Game is a game that uses the year. Its polpularity continues until the interaction with the user interface through beginning of this millennium and until now. the images produced by the video device. In PC games become increasingly the electronicsystem tool that is used to run a populartoday, especially as some games video game is a game commonly called provide online features that make PC platform. The examples of platform are PC gamingattract more enthusiasts. PC games (personal computer), mobile games , game started in 1970 when PC was growing as consoles. Those platforms are circulated up initial generation of game console.Video to now.Game aims to entertain players it is, Game was first launched by a company usually favored by children and adult.Many called Magnavox Odyssey and named outstanding games come from a variety Odyssey. Only after the beginning of the ofplatforms nowadays; among other console second generation, the term ‘console’ is platforms, mobile and pc. Thoseplatforms starting to be used. When the company have their own games with specific named Fairchild tried to revive the world of characteristics that have advantages and video games by creating VES (Video disadvantages. Entertainment System), it got minimum When it was first released, video game response from the market as PC games were device also marks the console.After that the more popular at that time. world game began to grow rapidly, several Furthermore, the Third Generation video games consoles produced by Company from Japan initiated the companies engaged video game came up to manufacture of game consoles newly

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namedFamicom and made NES games with Java as its base enlivened mobile (NintendoEntertainment System) game gaming industry. consoles. Starting then on, console was Then come the era of downloadable started to get the re-recognized and greeted games initiated in 2008 that could be done in warmly until finally an early game was Apple Mobile which began to use Apple App developed SuperMario Brothers. Store that used to download.After that After the success of Famicom in Android appeared along with the popularity initiating in the 4th generation-NES received of smartphone. Since then more games have a warm welcome from the entire world, then been released and can be played on the sega released Sega Genesis with Sonic The phone. Hedgehog as its icon. Not to be outdone by Sega Genesis, Nintendo launched SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System). In II. LITERATUR REVIEW the last four years, these two companies 2.1.Game Console became the mortal enemy Game Console is a video game in which The next generation, generation 5, was the users use a special console to play.For released. In this generation, a legendary example, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation, game console appeared to competeSega and Xbox Console, etc. Game consoles have Nintendo.After afierce competition between various advantages such as : Sega and Nintendo, a new competitor, a. Having special controller or joystick for Sony,came with thePlaystation. Sony playing games and every game console replacedcartridge with a CD and produced has adifferent joystick. maximum results and success. b. Having a wireless / do not use cable After Sony Playstation became popular, controller. the popularity of Sega and Nintendo were c. Having a system that can be used for gradually down. Starting from internet surfing generation6,sonyplaystation was developed into Sony Playstation 2, which uses DVD However, it also has drawbacks : instead of CD. Again, a serious competitor, a. It is hard to take it in a trip because it Microsoft launches Xbox console which still requires continuous electrical energyand less popular than Sony Playstation 2.Then TV as the primary media to play came Generation 7 where Playstation’s b. the price of the platform is outrageously popularity decreased after it more expensive than other platforms. producedPlaystation 3 that was less c. The Game price was also outrageously competitive than BOX360 and Nintendo more expensive than other platforms. with its newest output Nintendo WII In the Generation 8 until now. Sony 2.2 Mobile Game Playstation, made a breakthrough made a Mobile gaming is a video game in which breakthrough by upgrading PS3 and turned it users use smartphones or PDA media. into a PS4 so that the number of sales in this Mobile games have advantages, namely: era increased and bigger than the two a. Easy to carry because it has a battery that competitors. Thestory of Mobile Games can be re-charged began in early 1994 with the first game b. Easy to store anywhere namely Tetris contained in Mobile MT-2000, c. Relatively free / the game is free but Mobile Games became a phenomenon when Nokia released ‘Snake’ games. In the And its disadvantages are : 2000sNokia launched the latest release of a. The quality of its graph is less supportive HandPhone named N-Gage with symbian as than other platforms its main base. However, there were not many b. Many of its game is free so that the games provided then. After that Mobile quality is not guaranteed

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c. The game is easier get error than other detailed picture. The rest, Game Console has game platforms. 33% and Mobile Games have 17%

2.3.Game PC In terms of flexibility, 75% of the PC game is a video game in which users respondents consideredMobile Games use computer or laptopas a tool to play. PC platform more flexible as it is easier to carry games have the advantages of: and its battery can be charged anywhere. a. Having Game Engine which can be Game Console got 25% of the vote and PC changed if there is an error or bug games got 0% of the vote b. Having the best PC graph from all On price, the respondents argued that the platforms Mobile Game Platform is cheaper than other c. Having no restrictions to play itusing a platforms because Mobile Game got 50% of PC because all devices can be upgraded the vote while the Game Console and PC over time Games got 25% of the vote. The drawbacks,among others are : It ranked first in the compatibility of the a. a.It can’t be portable as it is using a soundwith 50% of the respondents is choose computer PC gaming platform because it has a b. The price of electricity the game used is compatible response while browsing the expensive internet and playing, the second game was c. It is more complicated to fix it from Game Console and Mobile Games with 25% damage. votes. In terms of specifications, PC gaming platform remains in the first place with 75% III. RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY of the votes because it can be used in a wide variety of gameswithout being impaired. The To collect data, these author use second place was Game Console which can questionnaire. The questionnqires contain the only be played using console by 25% of the comparison of three most popular platform votes. Mobile Games got 0% as its nowaday, Game Console, PC Game and specifications less than two platforms above. Game Mobile. The writers distributes it In the case of variation, PC game was through Facebook, BBM and Line that are still in the first rank with 50% as it can play easily filled by the respondents. almost all games. On thesecond place is

Mobile Game (35% of the vote) because it

resemblesPC games platform Game Console IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION gets 15% of the vote because it only can play For the questionnaire, the writers got 30 Game in the console respondents. The game Platform most often In terms ofprivacy and comfort in used by the respondents were PC games with playing a game, Mobile game platforms 35% as well.Mobile Game with 35%. The became the first by getting 50% of the vote, econd most popular was Game Console with while the PC and Console games each got 30%. 25% of the vote. Many people in their busy routine of In terms of satisfaction in playing the work, school and other things are still able to game, the respondents chose PC game play games on mobile game platform (50%), platform75% of the vote as a they can play 33% PC Game (33%) and Game Console any games they want Console games was (17%). ranked second with 35% of the vote and Many of the respondents considerPC Mobile games got 15% of the vote games superior in terms of graphics than When the respondents were asked to others, so it gets 50% of vote for the best choose which of the three platforms that attracted the respondents most, it was PC

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games with 50%. The second rank went to [18]http://gamebrott.com/perbandingan-free-to- Game Console with 25% of the vote and the play-game-vs-pay-to-play/ [19]http://www.oglangan.com/5-alasan-console- latter isMobile Game with 25% of the vote. game-masih-tetap-bertahan-melawan-pc-254/ [20]http://www.ajidgame.com/2013/06/game-pc- vs-game-konso.html V. CONCLUSIONS Based on the data the authors obtained from all the questionnaires and based on the premises that each gaming platform have positive and negative side, a new platform known as VR (Virtual Reality) technology. May emerge as a combination of all existing platforms. Meanwhile the existing platforms can still be developed further.

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